Chapter Summaries

Lin Xuan narrowly avoided discovery by Sword Immortal Taibai after Ouyang Qinxin seemed to notice him. Once he finally left his hiding place, a pale-faced scholar ambushed him, and Lin Xuan attacked with his Hook Sword.

• Sword Immortal Taibai and the other righteous cultivators ordered their disciples to search for Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Primordial Spirit and warned them not to act rashly.
• Ouyang Qinxin left after glancing toward Lin Xuan's hiding place, and Zhang Taibai grew suspicious of her behavior.
• Lin Xuan waited four hours after the cultivators departed, then fled to a forest and wondered how Ouyang Qinxin had detected him.
• A pale-faced scholar attacked Lin Xuan with a brick-shaped spiritual tool as he prepared to rest.
• Lin Xuan summoned his Hook Sword and cut through the scholar's golden brick, slashing toward the scholar's head.

As slaughter spread across the southern foothills of the Kui Yin Mountain Range, Lin Xuan killed a scholar, hid from the Core Condensation experts, and tried to recover in concealment. A powerful divine sense swept past his hiding place, leaving him uncertain whether he had been discovered.

• Lin Xuan killed the ill-intentioned scholar and took his Storage Bag before fleeing into the forest.
• Hundred Poisons Boy killed three Foundation Establishment Realm cultivators with his demonic centipedes.
• Master Wind-Thunder avenged First Line Gorge cultivators by killing several demon cultivators from Extreme Demon Cave.
• Lin Xuan hid in a concealed spot, replenished his spiritual power, and rested rather than risk encountering Core Condensation experts.
• A powerful divine sense passed near Lin Xuan, who stayed still and wondered whether its owner had detected him.

Lin Xuan tried to evade the Core Condensation cultivator watching him, but discovered the pursuer was Ouyang Qinxin, whose token had revealed his presence. Their conversation was interrupted by Red-Eyed Old Monster, who confronted Ouyang Qinxin, and she attacked rather than surrendering.

• Lin Xuan used a Wind Control Technique talisman to move discreetly, but the lingering divine sense locked onto him before he could escape.
• Ouyang Qinxin appeared and explained that the aura on the token she had given Lin Xuan had helped her find him.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin talked, and she shared secrets about the Heavenly Sha Devil Lord.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster arrived and threatened Ouyang Qinxin, boasting that no one there could match his late-stage Core Condensation cultivation.
• Ouyang Qinxin sent up a signal and unleashed thousands of blades of light as Red-Eyed Old Monster charged her.

Sword Immortal Taibai accepted Blood Demon Ancestor’s offer to join Extreme Demon Cave while remaining an inside agent at Azure Cloud Mountain, but he chose not to help Ouyang Qinxin when she sent a distress signal. As Ouyang Qinxin fought Red-Eyed Old Monster without aid, Lin Xuan watched nearby, unaware that the fused Moon Demon Spider creature was watching them all.

• Blood Demon Ancestor used the secret of Sword Immortal Taibai’s past dealings to recruit him, offering him a deputy cave master position and a Heaven Dust Pill; Zhang Taibai agreed to remain at Azure Cloud Mountain as an inside agent.
• Zhang Taibai saw Ouyang Qinxin’s distress signal and, hoping she would die, flew away in the opposite direction.
• Hundred Poisons Boy trapped Master Wind-Thunder in a fierce battle, while Thunder Cloud Villa’s Cheng De and his wife decided not to rescue Ouyang Qinxin for political reasons.
• Red-Eyed Old Monster’s demonic sound nearly overcame Ouyang Qinxin, but she recovered and summoned Lingxiang Birds to fight his crimson snakes as Lin Xuan watched.
• A monster formed by fusing a cultivator with a Moon Demon Spider’s corpse watched Ouyang Qinxin, Red-Eyed Old Monster, and Lin Xuan from the forest.

Lin Xuan watched as the Red-Eyed Old Monster wounded Ouyang Qinxin and prepared his Red-Eyed Divine Thunder, while a strange creature attacked and was killed. The creature’s body released the Primordial Spirit of the Heavenly Sha Devil Master, who began possessing the Red-Eyed Old Monster just as he transformed into an apparent Nascent Soul.

• Lin Xuan sensed a hidden observer in the forest and recognized the creature as the fusion of Zhou Liang and a cultivator's corpse.
• The Red-Eyed Old Monster struck Ouyang Qinxin with an ultimate move, leaving her badly wounded, then began forming his Red-Eyed Divine Thunder.
• The creature leapt from the forest to attack the Red-Eyed Old Monster but was slowed by a Wind Binding Technique and cut in two by a wind blade.
• The Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Primordial Spirit emerged from the creature's corpse and passed through the Red-Eyed Old Monster's protective barrier to possess him.
• The Red-Eyed Old Monster released his unstable divine lightning, and the Heavenly Sha Devil Master's figure transformed into a tiny infant-like form that appeared to be a Nascent Soul.

Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin attacked Red-Eyed Old Monster while Heavenly Sha Devil Master possessed him, but his powerful shield held off their assault. They fled as the possession neared completion, and Heavenly Sha Devil Master pursued them to protect his plan to impersonate Red-Eyed Old Monster.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master entered Red-Eyed Old Monster’s body and fought his Primordial Spirit for control.
• Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin attacked the possessed Red-Eyed Old Monster, but his hexagonal shield withstood their strikes.
• As Heavenly Sha Devil Master overwhelmed Red-Eyed Old Monster’s Primordial Spirit, Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin fled.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master completed the possession and revealed that he intended to impersonate Red-Eyed Old Monster and escape unnoticed.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master chased Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin to silence them, recalling how a joint siege had destroyed his former body and a Moon Demon Spider had swallowed his Primordial Spirit.

The Heavenly Sha Devil Master escaped in the Red-Eyed Old Monster’s body and hunted Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin, but they concealed themselves beneath the Heaven-Drying Mirror until he left. Sword Immortal Taibai arrived afterward, and Ouyang Qinxin acted as though she accepted his excuse for arriving late while remaining wary of him.

• The Heavenly Sha Devil Master recounted how he possessed the Red-Eyed Old Monster and pursued Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin to prevent them from revealing his whereabouts.
• The Devil Master searched for the pair and unleashed his Extreme Devil Heaven Dao Sword across the surrounding area, but failed to find them.
• After sensing something in the distance, the Devil Master reluctantly fled, and Lin Xuan and Ouyang Qinxin emerged from hiding beneath the Heaven-Drying Mirror.
• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan about the Hidden Spirit Pill, and he explained that he had refined it himself to conceal their auras.
• Sword Immortal Taibai arrived and explained that a level-three demonic beast had delayed him; Ouyang Qinxin pretended to accept his explanation while privately telling Lin Xuan she was keeping him at ease.
• Lin Xuan greeted Sword Immortal Taibai without revealing any suspicion, while Ouyang Qinxin admired his composure and shrewdness.

Ouyang Qinxin revealed Heavenly Sha Devil Master's powers and whereabouts to the gathered righteous and demonic cultivators, who set off in pursuit. Lin Xuan stayed behind after giving her pills, secretly planning to pursue the Heaven Dust Pill himself.

• Blood Demon Ancestor threatened to drag the righteous cultivators into a fight unless they shared what they knew about Heavenly Sha Devil Master, and Ouyang Qinxin agreed to tell them.
• Ouyang Qinxin described Heavenly Sha Devil Master's possession of Red-Eyed Old Monster and his strange Primordial Spirit, while omitting the details of her and Lin Xuan's escape together.
• The Core Condensation cultivators from both sides raced after Heavenly Sha Devil Master, leaving the Foundation Establishment cultivators behind.
• Ouyang Qinxin asked Lin Xuan about his plans, and he gave her three Spirit Replenishing Pills before she departed.
• Lin Xuan revealed that he had no intention of giving up on the Heaven Dust Pill and planned to pursue it by guile rather than force.

Lin Xuan secretly followed the cultivators pursuing the Heaven Dust Pill, then discovered that the Heavenly Sha Devil Master had lured them into a Sword-Thorn Tiger lair with an external incarnation. Trapped together, the righteous and demonic Core Condensation cultivators agreed to cooperate to escape.

• Lin Xuan sent a Cloud-Piercing Bird to follow the cultivators and secretly pursued it, keeping his distance from the Core Condensation experts.
• Lin Xuan hid when the Heavenly Sha Devil Master flew past and overheard him boast that he had lured the others to the Sword-Thorn Tiger lair.
• The righteous and demonic cultivators found themselves surrounded by nearly a thousand Sword-Thorn Tigers and discussed how to escape.
• Blood Demon Ancestor proposed that the two factions join forces because they could not easily break through the beasts alone.
• Ouyang Qinxin accepted Blood Demon Ancestor's proposal, and the other cultivators tacitly agreed to cooperate.

The righteous and demonic cultivators fought their way through the Sword-Thorn Tigers while Lin Xuan watched Heavenly Sha Devil Master reveal a hidden pavilion. As Lin Xuan waited to see what would happen, a seemingly ordinary young man arrived and filled him with inexplicable dread.

• Brother Cheng and Madam Cheng used Yin-Yang Profound Fire to blast open a path through the Sword-Thorn Tigers.
• Hundred Poisons Boy unleashed his Tyrant Poison Bees, while the other Core Condensation cultivators displayed their own techniques against the beasts.
• Lin Xuan abandoned his plan to wait for both sides to suffer heavy losses and chose to hide nearby and observe Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master revealed an illusion concealing a pavilion in the cliff face and flew inside.
• After several hours, a green-robed youth appeared, and Lin Xuan sensed an overwhelming danger from him despite his apparent Foundation Establishment cultivation.

Lin Xuan secretly witnessed the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil confront the Heavenly Sha Devil Master over the Heaven Dust Pill. The Supreme Demon revealed that he had come in a second Primordial Spirit and raised his borrowed body's power to Core Condensation Middle Stage, leaving both Lin Xuan and the Devil Master facing an uncertain fight.

• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil dispelled the illusion hiding the pavilion and blasted its defenses until the Heavenly Sha Devil Master emerged.
• The Devil Master accused the Supreme Demon of betraying their former master and refused to surrender the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Lin Xuan realized the youth was the Supreme Demon using possession, then learned that he had cultivated a genuine second Primordial Spirit.
• The Devil Master formed the Purple Cloud Lightning Sword and challenged the Supreme Demon, arguing that his borrowed body limited his strength.
• The Supreme Demon used demonic secret arts to raise his cultivation to Core Condensation Middle Stage and pointed out that the Devil Master had not fully fused with his current body.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master and the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil fought over the Heaven Dust Pill, revealing powerful techniques and magic treasures. The Supreme Demon surrounded his junior brother with ghosts from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner and urged him to surrender.

• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil countered Heavenly Sha Devil Master's Purple Cloud Lightning Sword with his own, stronger sword.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master sacrificed blood and vital essence to create a Blood Puppet using the Blood Shadow Spirit Division Art.
• The Supreme Demon summoned the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, releasing countless yin souls and powerful evil ghosts around Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• The Supreme Demon revealed that the banner contained ninety-nine thousand souls and demanded the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan resisted the banner's seductive demonic voice from hiding.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master fought the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, but the Supreme Demon gained the upper hand and nearly trapped him. Sword Immortal Taibai and the other righteous and demonic cultivators arrived, and the Supreme Demon’s identity was revealed, leaving the gathered Core Condensation cultivators alarmed.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master attacked the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil with his Asura Skulls, but the Supreme Demon ensnared them with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master sent his Blood Puppet to hold off the Supreme Demon and fled, sacrificing the clone to escape.
• The Supreme Demon summoned a level-three demonic beast with a Beast Talisman to intercept the Blood Puppet, then pursued Heavenly Sha Devil Master himself.
• Sword Immortal Taibai, Ouyang Qinxin, Blood Demon Ancestor, Hundred Poisons Boy, and the other cultivators arrived after escaping the canyon, and Lin Xuan saw a chance to compete for the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master named his pursuer as the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, shocking the gathered cultivators, who instinctively drew away from him.

Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil revealed his identity and joined the fight over the Heaven Dust Pill, while Lin Xuan watched from hiding. The chapter ended with Heavenly Sha Devil Master showing three Heaven Dust Pills, drawing every combatant’s attention.

• Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil admitted who he was, and the gathered cultivators hesitated to challenge him over the Heaven Dust Pill.
• Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil accused Heavenly Sha Devil Master of exposing his identity and attacked him with the Ten Thousand Soul Banner.
• Master Wind-Thunder, Blood Demon Ancestor, Sword Immortal Taibai, Ouyang Qinxin, the dual-cultivation Dao companions, and Hundred Poisons Boy joined the chaotic battle against Heavenly Sha Devil Master.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master was badly wounded and threatened to self-destruct his Primordial Spirit, forcing the attackers to pause.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master offered the Heaven Dust Pill and revealed three pills from a jade bottle, making everyone stare at them greedily.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master fused the Heaven Dust Pill with a Red Origin Pill to ruin both medicines, then detonated his Primordial Spirit to attack the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil and everyone nearby. After the blast, the survivors found Master Wind-Thunder dead, while the Blood Demon Ancestor anxiously called out to the Supreme Demon.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master revealed a Red Origin Pill, and the gathered experts wondered why he had offered another medicine.
• Heavenly Sha Devil Master fused the Red Origin Pill with the Heaven Dust Pill, turning both into useless waste pills before the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil could claim them.
• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil attacked Heavenly Sha Devil Master, who mocked him and then detonated his Primordial Spirit.
• Ouyang Qinxin, Sword Immortal Taibai, and the Thunder Cloud Villa dao companions survived the blast, but Master Wind-Thunder was killed by the spiritual power storm.
• The Blood Demon Ancestor called out anxiously to the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil, prompting the righteous-path experts to wonder whether he had survived.

Heavenly Sha Devil Master's self-detonation severely wounded the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil but ruined the Heaven Dust Pill, which Lin Xuan secretly saw the Demon discard. After the righteous and demonic experts departed, Lin Xuan emerged from hiding and went to retrieve it.

• Heavenly Sha Devil Master's self-detonation shattered half of the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil's possessed body, but the Demon used the Ten Thousand Soul Banner to stop the bleeding.
• The Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil discovered that the Heaven Dust Pill had fused with the Red Origin Pill and become ruined, then threw it away.
• Lin Xuan secretly memorized where the ruined pill landed while the gathered cultivators lamented that neither side had obtained it.
• The Cheng couple and the righteous-path experts, including Zhang Taibai and Ouyang Qinxin, left, and the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil allowed them to go.
• Blood Demon Ancestor, Hundred Poisons Boy, and the Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil returned to Heavenly Demon City.
• After several hours, Lin Xuan emerged from the earth, confirmed the area was empty, and flew toward the discarded pill.

Lin Xuan recovered three ruined Heaven Dust Pills and spent three days breaking the illusion hiding the Heavenly Sha Devil Master's secret cave. Inside, he found a hidden estate and grew suspicious of the nine meditation cushions in the cultivation room.

• Lin Xuan found three ruined Heaven Dust Pills and stored them away, planning to purify them after reaching the great perfection of the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Lin Xuan searched the area for the Heavenly Sha Devil Master's treasures but found nothing, then discovered an illusion concealing a secret cave residence.
• Lin Xuan and Yue'er attacked the illusion together for three days before revealing the pavilion and entering its estate-like interior.
• Lin Xuan searched the cultivation room and, after finding it empty, noticed that its nine meditation cushions seemed excessive for the solitary Heavenly Sha Devil Master.

Lin Xuan uncovered the Mystic Demon True Scripture among the rush cushions and collected more treasures from the cave residence, including a living beast egg and ancient spirit herbs. He hid as the Six Heroes of Mobei arrived and broke into the Treasure Room, where they found a trove of crystals, spiritual weapons, a magic treasure, and a jade bottle of pills.

• Lin Xuan found the Mystic Demon True Scripture hidden in the rush cushions and stored the assembled slips of paper for later study.
• Lin Xuan found mid-grade crystal stones in the living quarters, a living beast egg in the Spirit Beast Room, and thousand-year-old spirit herbs in the Alchemy Room.
• Lin Xuan took a Hidden Spirit Pill and hid near the Treasure Room as six Foundation Establishment cultivators arrived.
• The Six Heroes of Mobei discussed the cave residence and destroyed the Treasure Room's restrictions and door.
• The six cultivators saw piles of mid-grade crystals, numerous spiritual weapons, a golden magic treasure, and a jade bottle, then rushed to seize them as Lin Xuan watched from hiding.

Lin Xuan watched the Six Heroes of Mobei die in a trap disguised as a treasure room, then spent half a month with Yue'er breaking the array and claiming its tools and records. He destroyed Heavenly Sha Devil Master's cave abode and flew toward Spirit Herb Mountain, while Sword Immortal Taibai and Ouyang Qinxin returned to Azure Cloud Mountain to report to its Nascent Soul elders.

• The Six Heroes of Mobei entered the fake treasure room, were trapped in the Extreme Yin Evil Spirit Array, and died despite fighting back.
• Lin Xuan recognized the treasure room as a trap and waited for the array to kill the six cultivators.
• Lin Xuan summoned Yue'er, and they spent half a month breaking the array and recovering its array tools and a Jade Slip describing it.
• Lin Xuan destroyed Heavenly Sha Devil Master's cave abode, took stock of his gains, and flew toward Spirit Herb Mountain.
• Sword Immortal Taibai and Ouyang Qinxin returned to Azure Cloud Mountain and entered Yuanchen Cave Abode to contact its secluded Nascent Soul elders.

Sword Immortal Taibai and Ouyang Qinxin reported their failed attempt to retrieve the Heaven Dust Pill to an Azure Cloud Mountain elder. The elders suspected Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil had cultivated a Second Primordial Spirit and decided Azure Cloud Mountain must cooperate with other forces, while Junior Brother Zhao warned that Spirit Herb Mountain also had ambitions.

• Sword Immortal Taibai and Ouyang Qinxin told the Nascent Soul Realm elder that Heavenly Sha Devil Lord had destroyed the Heaven Dust Pill and described Supreme Demon of Extreme Evil’s appearance in the Kui Yin Mountain Range.
• The elder excused the disciples, then asked Junior Brother Zhao how Extreme Evil could have appeared both at their game in Ask Immortal Pavilion and in the mountain range.
• Junior Brother Zhao suggested that Extreme Evil had cultivated a Second Primordial Spirit, and the elder worried that this would make the devil lord much more powerful.
• Junior Brother Zhao said Extreme Evil’s Second Primordial Spirit was still at Core Condensation and that four righteous Nascent Soul cultivators could suppress him.
• The elders agreed to suspend Azure Cloud Mountain’s expansion plans and cooperate with other forces, but Junior Brother Zhao raised concerns about Spirit Herb Mountain’s ambitions.